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Nevada Mining Co.

Prospect in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032070
MRDS ID M012232
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Mining Co.
Related records 10213252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10659, 39.02183 (WGS84)
Elevation 450

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Combie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 008E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Iron Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 30 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 55 FT. 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 209

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1919 , PLACER COUNTY, 15TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 329 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY FOUND ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN DIORITE AND SLATE. COPPER SHOWING IN THREE PLACES, SMALL AMOUNT ON SURFACE.
Deposit 150 ACRES IN PLACER COUNTY AND 30 ACRES IN NEVADA COUNTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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